The winds of change are blowing over Alderspring. Snow is finally starting to recede again after last week's storm left the hills white. Winter is tenacious in our high mountain valley, but spring breezes blow in heat that fans the flame of green across the landscape. The meadows are littered with …
Photo of the Day: It’s Not All Work
Ethan takes a break on the weekend to enjoy the spring weather and strum his banjo. …
Raising the Higher Ground
It turned winter again in the Pahsimeroi, a perfect prelude to May. I was out supervising Cowgirl Abby in snow flurries today on her fencing project, and new snow is dumping in the mountains. We donned our wool sweaters, re-fired-up our woodstoves, and found those gloves again. Although the cattle …
Beef Comes Full Circle
My Dad turned 90 yesterday. He's traveled a long, diverse path through life, often tortuously narrow and littered with pitfalls. He's had brushes with death in many forms: cancer, heart attacks, and tropical diseases like malaria and amoebic dysentery. He's been blown up by a hand grenade that …
When Cows and Cars Clash
Step back with me a few years in time to 1995. It was late fall, and the colors were ablaze in the hills around Alderspring. We were ranching in the next valley at the time, and had a little over 250 mother cows with their 6 month old calves on their side. The Ranch was spread out over some 600 …
Photo of the Day: Late Afternoon
Even in the winter, colors during the late afternoon are so vibrant. …